Improvement in apparatus for tethering animals



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Letters Patent No. 70,899,dated November 12, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOB. vTETHERING ANIMALS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY OONCERN:

Be it known that I, DAVID W. RAWSON, of Croydon, in the county of Sullivan, and- State of-New Hampshire, have invented a new and improved Apparatus for Tethering Animals; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. l 4

In the drawing, a represents the bar or stake on which the tether is hung. 0n this stake 'is placed the cylindrical cap or socket c, made of metal or other suitable material, terminating at the upper extremity with the two armsf, and at the lower extremity with the flange d. Below this cap is the hollow cylinder or baud m, made o'f metal or other material, and held firmly in place bythe clamp-screw s. This band is made with one or moreihooks b, forming a groove, within which the ange d, at the lower extremity of the cap, turns freely, thus eifectually securing and holding the tether upon the har or stake at all times. though the latter should lean to one side, or otherwise be misplaced, and at the same time permitting the cap to turn freely.

The bar y is attached to the arms of the cap by a centre-pin, so as to move in avertical plane. The animal is tethered at t, and the weight lo hung upon the bar or pole at k, keeps the long arm of the pole from falling, and, by moderately pulling, prevents the animal from becoming entangled in the cord or. whatever it may be tethered by, and at the same time gives the animal freedom to walk or graze about the tether-stake.

This arrangement makes a useful, economical, and durable tether.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure hy Letters Patent, is

The band m, with the hook or hooks b, and the Bange d on the cap e, to he applied to any .tether in which a 'cap or socket turning on an upright stake or bar is used.

DAVID- W. RAWSON.

Witnesses:

W. H. H. ALLEN, A. F. HOWARD. 

